Use the session failover functionality for inheriting session information between J2EE servers. This section gives an overview of the session failover functionality, types of the session failover functionality, and the differences between the types.

The following table describes the organization of this chapter.

Table 5-1 Organization of this chapter (the session failover functionality)

Category	Title	Reference location
Description	Overview of the session failover functionality	5.2
	Session management by using a global session	5.3
	Prerequisites	5.4
	Types of the session failover functionality and differences between the types	5.5
	A functionality that you can set when using the session failover functionality	5.6
	A functionality executed when using the session failover functionality	5.7
	Estimating the memory	5.8
Notes	Notes	5.9

# There is no specific description on the Implementation, setup, and operations for this functionality.